Six Bangladeshis in Singapore infected with Zika
Six Bangladesh nationals have been tested positive with the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Singapore, the High Commission of Bangladesh said on Thursday.
Saving Dhaka rivers: Navy to oversee drives now
The government in its desperate bid decided on Wednesday to engage Bangladesh Navy to protect the rivers surrounding the Dhaka city from encroachers and check their pollution as well.
Mir Quasem wants time to decide on seeking presidential clemency
The Kashimpur jail authorities read out the verdict of his review petition to death row war criminal Mir Quasem Ali on Wednesday morning.
SC grants Shafik Rehman’s interim bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to detained senior journalist Shafik Rehman for three months or until submission of charge sheet in a case of plotting to abduct and kill prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in the United States.
Cop held for demanding bribe from SC judge’s wife
Supreme Court police arrested an assistant sub-inspector of police on Wednesday for demanding bribe from the wife of a Supreme Court judge for passport verification.
Shahid Qadri laid to rest
Poet Shahid Qadri was laid to rest at Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon after people from all walks of life paid their last respect as his body reached home from New York in the morning.
Zia, Khaleda need to be tried in public: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia should be tried in public for inducting convicted war criminals into their cabinets.
BB profits drop by 25pc in FY16
The net operating profit of Bangladesh Bank decreased by 25.63 per cent to Tk 772.51 crore in the financial year 2015-16 although the central bank had avoided keeping provision against IS$ 81 million stolen from its reserve.
BNP to try perpetrators of enforced disappearance
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday cautioned that those who are involved in staging crimes of enforced disappearances of the party’s leaders and activists will one day be tried.
Death for war crimes: Quasem loses legal battle
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Mir Quasem Ali’s petition seeking review of its verdict upholding his death sentence for war crimes.
